Chichibu 2016 Ichiro's Malt
| Category | JAPANESE |
| Distillery | Chichibu |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Ichiro's Malt |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Bottled Year | 2022 |
| Age | 7년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 63.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chichibu |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 버번 배럴이 남긴 맑은 황금빛이 잔 벽을 따라 미끄러진다. 코끝으로 가져가면 일본 치치부다운 정교한 시트러스와 바닐라, 옅은 향나무 내음이 산뜻하게 올라온다. 63.3도라는 높은 도수에도 한 모금 머금으면 꿀과 풋사과, 고소한 보리가 의외로 매끄럽게 흐른다. 일곱 해 숙성이 무색하게 단단한 구조와 깔끔한 잔향이 삼킨 뒤 오래 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
they must have invented the words ‘smoky’ and ‘crystalline’ for this single cask. Essentially, it feels like an extract of the previous Ichiro’s #10772. Ultra-precise notes of green apple, seaweed, peat, lemon, and wet chalk, evolving into soot, melted candle wax, yellow curry, and satay sauce. Quite mad, really. With water: absolutely stunning! Rubber tree, new tyres, fir ash, tobacco ashes, spearmint… It’s like a 50/50 blend of Laphroaig and Ardbeg
restaurant Palate
monumental power. Seawater, lemon, and three tonnes of ash. Let’s make that five. With water: a few olives and candied lemon join the fray, while the ash becomes even more massive
timer Finish
very long, sharp, ultra-peaty, with a lingering aftertaste of roasted green tea, gentian liqueur, and verbena